Job summary
Job Title -Painter & Decorator
Hours per week-37.5 Hours Per week
Perm/Fixed Term-Permanent
Salary-£25,147 - £27,596 Per Annum
Closing Date:17th May 2024
Interview Date: 29th May 2024
This post may close early due to high numbers of applicationsso you are advised to apply promptly.
All correspondence for this vacancy will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk and SPAM areas.
A great and friendly place to work, so bring your passion, commitment and expertise and enjoy the opportunities to make a difference every day.
Careers at George Eliot -'Where you make a difference'
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will be accountable directly to the building officer. The post holder will be expected to perform a wide range of duties covering all aspects of painting and decorating applicable to the trade.
You will be required to interpret work from drawings, instructions and specifications and carry out necessary repair work. In conjunction with the building officer, you will liaise with clinical teams when carrying out work in patient areas to ensure patient safety and Infection Control is not compromised so good communication and organizational skills are paramount to being a success in this role. It is essential you have an understanding of other craftsmen's work in relation to their own discipline to provide a coherent service when carrying out both maintenance and minor work schemes.
You will have served a relevant and recognized craft apprenticeship in painting and decoration, Qualification to Level 3 (such as City and Guilds or equivalent) or National Vocational Qualification Level 2 with substantial post qualification experience and successful completion of appropriate training courses or equivalent qualifications/experience.
About us
Here at George Eliot our vision to'excel at patient care'takes centre stage. An ever evolving clinically-led acute service provider we are on a journey to continually provide high quality, safe and responsive services delivered by inspiring, friendly and compassionate employees who share our corporate values which underpin everything we do. Our values are not just words on a piece of paper, they bond us together, reflect our ambition and shape who we are:
Effective Open Communication
excellence and safety in everything we do
Challenge but support
Expect respect and dignity
Local health that inspires confidence
Benefits: On-site nursery, 27 days minimum annual leave plus bank holidays, cycle to work scheme, flexible working, extensive in-house course learning directory, buying and selling of annual leave, subsidised restaurant, tranquillity garden and generous subsidised on-site parking.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will:
- Contribute to the maintenance of the fabric Trust property.
- Carry out building fabric maintenance:
- New works and redecoration programmes
- Reactive decorative maintenance works
- Ensuring high standard of finish on all work
- Daily maintenance of equipment and tools
- Maintenance of stock level / liaison with stores personnel when necessary
- Remain aware of the direct affect and impact upon:
- The environment
- Safety and comfort of patients, staff and members of the public.
- Respond pro-actively as required to defects and maintenance tasks.
- Involvement with processing documentation associated with Estates IT admin requirement.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will:
- Contribute to the maintenance of the fabric Trust property.
- Carry out building fabric maintenance:
- New works and redecoration programmes
- Reactive decorative maintenance works
- Ensuring high standard of finish on all work
- Daily maintenance of equipment and tools
- Maintenance of stock level / liaison with stores personnel when necessary
- Remain aware of the direct affect and impact upon:
- The environment
- Safety and comfort of patients, staff and members of the public.
- Respond pro-actively as required to defects and maintenance tasks.
- Involvement with processing documentation associated with Estates IT admin requirement.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Person Specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience in a wide range of painting and decorating techniques
- Understanding of specialist painting and decorating techniques
Desirable
Qualification(s) and Professional Training
Essential
- Knowledge of a full range of relevant trade procedures acquired through a 4-year accredited training course in painting and decorating (Level 3) plus relevant or equivalent experience
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Proven ability to adapt to change
- Proven ability to work alone or in a team, be supportive of team members.
- Proven ability to adapt to new ideas, knowledge and skills.
- Demonstrate ability to use own initiative and work without close supervision
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Ability to clearly and effectively communicate and explain issues to immediate colleagues, other staff, and patients
- Ability to comment on work related procedures/policies
- Ability to plan own ongoing work-related activities
- Ability to problem solve
- Proven organisational skills
- Ability to work quickly and with accuracy
- Ability to carry out associated works administration
Other
Essential
- Good awareness and understanding of Health and Safety and Risk Assessments.
Person Specification
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience in a wide range of painting and decorating techniques
- Understanding of specialist painting and decorating techniques
Desirable
Qualification(s) and Professional Training
Essential
- Knowledge of a full range of relevant trade procedures acquired through a 4-year accredited training course in painting and decorating (Level 3) plus relevant or equivalent experience
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Proven ability to adapt to change
- Proven ability to work alone or in a team, be supportive of team members.
- Proven ability to adapt to new ideas, knowledge and skills.
- Demonstrate ability to use own initiative and work without close supervision
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
- Ability to clearly and effectively communicate and explain issues to immediate colleagues, other staff, and patients
- Ability to comment on work related procedures/policies
- Ability to plan own ongoing work-related activities
- Ability to problem solve
- Proven organisational skills
- Ability to work quickly and with accuracy
- Ability to carry out associated works administration
Other
Essential
- Good awareness and understanding of Health and Safety and Risk Assessments.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
